* Astronomy

Jackson resident finds possible meteorite in pasture While riding through his horse pasture counting fire ant mounds, Jackson resident Ronnie Edwards found what could be a rare discovery - a meteorite. The possible rare discovery was made in November after Edwards saw what the thought was a shoo...

Asteroid 1021 Flammario occults a +8.1 magnitude star at 1:13 UT, 22nd Oxtober 2013. The event is visible from Russia and Scandinavia.

Title: Fireball of 1947 December 30 Author: Nancy E. Weber On this date at 7:30 P.M. PST a brilliant fireball appeared travelling westward over southern Oregon. The regional director for the northwest part United States, Professor J. Hugh Pruett gathered numerous reports from observers in Oreg...

Orbital elements: 2009 XZ1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0420 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 265.69672 (2000.0) P Q n 1.24291611 Peri. 152.71543 -0.57189018 +0.80803173 a 0.8567251 Node 82.07642 -0.77628865 -0.47730910 e 0.5351958 Incl. 8.21445 -0.26517457 -0.34534149 P 0.79 H 21.5 G 0.15 U...

NGC 2304 (also OCL 484, Melotte 55 and Collinder 120) is a magnitude +10.0 open cluster located 14351 light-years away in the constellation Gemini. The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Datchet, Berkshire,...

The Guangmingshan (H5) meteorite fell in Liaoning, China, on the 30th December, 1996. A total mass of 2.91 kg was recovered. 39° 48' 15"N, 122° 45' 50"E

The Great Comet of 1823, also designated C/1823 Y1 or Comet De Bréauté-Pons, was discovered by Nell de Bréauté at Dieppe on December 29 Read more

The Bawku (LL5) meteorite fell in Upper East, Ghana, on the 29th December, 1989. A total mass of 1557 g was recovered. 11° 5'N, 0° 11'W

The Rangala (L6) meteorite fell in Rajasthan, India, on the 29th December, 1937. A total mass of 3.22 kg was recovered. 25° 23'N, 72° 1'E

NGC 2645 (also OCL 754 and ESO 259-SC14) is a magnitude +7.0 open cluster located 5440 light-years away in the constellation Vela. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 29th Dece...

NGC 257 (also UGC 493, CGCG 410-6, MCG +01-03-003, IRAS 00454 +0801 and PGC 2818) is a magnitude +12.7 near face-on spiral galaxy located 247 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f...

Polonnaruwa meteorite with evidence of life from outer space described as the most important find in 500 years. A meteorite that Landed recently, close to the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka has been described as the most important scientific discovery in the last 500 years as it carried &q...

Mercury: at magnitude 0.7, starts the month in the constellation of Libra. The Moon is close to Mercury (Separation 5.44°) on the 2nd. Mercury is at aphelion (distance to sun: 0.4667 AU) on the 21st. Mercury is at superior conjunction on the 29th. The planet is in conjunction (4.6° separated) in Rig...

The 63 - 140 metre wide asteroid 2013 YP2 will make a close pass (55.8 lunar distances, 0.1435 AU), travelling at 6.32 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th December 2013 @ 16:28 UT ±06:38. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

NGC 2660 (also OCL 759 and ESO 260-SC4) is a magnitude +8.8 open cluster located 9217 light-years away in the constellation Vela. The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 29th De...